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CVE-2020-14363

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-14363 is an integer overflow vulnerability in libX11 that can lead to a double-free, affecting Fedora and X.Org libX11. This flaw allows a local privileged attacker to crash applications or, in some cases, achieve arbitrary code execution, posing a high threat to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has low attack complexity and requires local privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libX11-0:1.6.4-4.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libX11-0:1.6.7-3.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: egl-wayland-0:1.1.5-3.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libdrm-0:2.4.103-1.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libglvnd-1:1.3.2-1.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libinput-0:1.16.3-1.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libwacom-0:1.6-2.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libX11-0:1.6.8-4.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mesa-0:20.3.3-2.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-drivers-0:7.7-30.el8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.10-1.el8
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-14363Important

libX11: integer overflow leads to double free in locale handling

Aug 25, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / Ruia-ruia/Exploits/blob/master/DFX11details.txt
Third Party Advisory
github.com / Ruia-ruia/Exploits/blob/master/x11doublefree.sh
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7AVXCQOSCAPKYYHFIJAZ6E2C7LJBTLXF
lists.x.org / archives/xorg-announce/2020-August/003056.html
Vendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4487-2
Third Party Advisory